This paper explores the impact of coeducational and single-sex schools on girls and the subsequent affectation. Young women deal with a constant barrage of societal constraints that are often mimicked or enhanced in school settings. Single-sex schools have recently been receiving attention for both their academics and their capacity to help girls to reanalyze the stereotypical role of females in American society. This paper explores the ways that girls are currently treated in American society in both coeducational and single-sex schools. In addition, there will be an exploration of the methods in which academic performance and self esteem of females are addressed in both types of schools.